23andMe receives patent to create designer babies, but denies plans to do so | The Verge
▻http://www.theverge.com/2013/10/2/4795586/23andme-designer-baby-patent
Thanks to personal genomics companies like #23andMe, it’s becoming quicker and easier for us to find out who we are. But will the same technology one day allow us to decide who our babies will be — before they’re even born? That’s the question raised by a newly issued #patent, which grants 23andMe rights to a system that allows parents to pick and choose their children’s traits prior to undergoing fertility treatment. 
#brevet #ADN #eugénisme via @calimaq ; après #copyright_madness #patent_madness